The men's water polo team enters its season with one major goal in mind: to make it back to the NCAA Final Four by winning the Eastern Championships.
Just one season after completing the most impressive run in Princeton women's soccer history ? a 19-3 overall record, more wins than any other Ivy League women's soccer team ever and a trip to the NCAA semifinals ? the Tigers must pull off an even more improbable run if they are to equal or eclipse that mark this season.Princeton immediately faces the annual setback of graduation, losing its leading scorer and offensive leader, forward Esmeralda Negron.
As if starting a quarterback taking his first varsity snap wasn't enough of a challenge, the Princeton football team will begin its 2005 campaign on the road Saturday in Easton, Pa., against an experienced Lafayette team with two games already under its belt this season.It's enough to make a coach cringe."This is going to be a severe test," head coach Roger Hughes said.
Though sports fans may normally focus on six-packs, fans of the women's volleyball team (2-1 overall, 0-0 Ivy League) should be excited about a pack of seven ? seven freshmen, that is.
Though continuing its domination over Ivy League opponents motivates men's golf, the Tigers have the additional impetus of striving to gain a national ranking.
With each fall comes a renewed hope for the sprint football team ? the hope for a win. Over the past six seasons, the team has amassed an improbable 35-game losing streak.
For the Princeton men's soccer team, the number three is ubiquitous. Three is the number of goals scored by senior forward Adrian Melville, accounting for all of the Tigers' scores thus far.
The field hockey team is starting nearly from scratch this year. Its eight seniors from last year, including two All-Americans, are gone.
Walking through the A level of Frist, it's not uncommon to hear the sound of piano music coming from the grand piano that sits in the far corner of the building.
Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of postcards that Daily Princetonian sports staff writers wrote about their experiences in the wide world of sports this summer.
LANDOVER, Md. ? When it was over, when the deafening roars of 90,000 fans had been replaced by the gleeful hoots and hollers of a winning locker room, Zak Keasey '05 stood quietly in front of his locker and slowly pulled on khaki cargo shorts and a gray polo shirt.Two feet to his left, standing in the very next locker, LaVar Arrington jabbered away to the horde of writers surrounding him.
The football team will face the same 10 teams in 2005 as it did in 2004. Here's a rundown of what the Tigers can expect from each foe, along with the score of last season's contest. Lafayette2004: Princeton 35, Lafayette 18In the first two contests of their 2005 campaign, the Leopards demonstrated their ability to dominate on both offense and defense, emerging with a 2-0 record after facing Marist and Richmond.Against the Red Foxes on Sept.
A few days ago, while bemoaning the now 10-year long bonfire drought, a friend asked me why the football team couldn't recruit better players.
It is the sports photographer's dream, the equivalent of making it to the "show," the "league," the "big time." Working the sidelines of an NFL game this past Sunday was, and always will be, the highlight of my Princeton photography career.From hearing the roar of the 90,000 fans at kickoff to the privilege and honor of roaming the same battleground as these tremendous athletes, it was an experience that simply cannot be captured by words or photographs ? and one that I will treasure for the rest of my life.
For the past two seasons, the New England Patriots have won the NFL title without a single star holding the limelight, instead relying on a team of workmanlike football players.
Freshmen aren't the only ones on campus who might have been feeling a bit confused this week ? the football team has been trying to figure a few things out as well.With the graduation of quarterback Matt Verbit '05 and the running back duo of Branden Benson '05 and Jon Veach '05, Princeton's offense has found itself without any clear answers so far."We've got a more experienced offensive line, but we really don't have any established skill players," head coach Roger Hughes said.But, as he also noted, inexperience brings forth opportunity, and with several players competing for each of the vacant starting spots, the Tigers certainly have plenty of viable options.The questions surrounding who will attempt to fill the gaping hole at running back was settled only in the past few days.
No matter what happened over the last two seasons, varsity football head coach Roger Hughes knew he could count on one thing: Matt Verbit '05 was his starting quarterback ? and a good one at that.But with Verbit's Princeton days now just a memory, Hughes was forced to spend the off-season trying to figure out who his starting quarterback would be when the 2005 season opened.He had plenty of time to make his decision ? nearly 10 months ? but he needed it all.Four candidates for the job took snaps last spring: juniors Jeff Terrell and Chris Lee and sophomores Bill Foran and Greg Mroz.
Princeton's freshman class seemed to dominate the offense as the women's volleyball team kicked off its season with two wins and a loss last weekend.
